Word: civilianizes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...nature of the bombing explains the rest. Under orders to keep civilian casualties to a minimum, U.S. bombers zoom in close to the deck for greater precision, thus become vulnerable not only to a dense cloud of flak but also to small-arms fire. Such ground fire takes an even heavier toll than do the surface-to-air missiles that bristle around major targets. "Every farmer over there, I bet, has a pistol or a rifle," says Air Force Major Edward E. Williams, a veteran of the bombing war against North Viet Nam. In dogfights with Red MIGS, though...
...doubt that air power could destroy North Viet Nam if it were in our interests," said Brown. "Our Government does not believe that it would be." The U.S. has purposely avoided attacking certain targets because they are too close to urban residential areas, would cause suffering among the civilian population or would not significantly affect the enemy's short-term ability to continue fighting. Brown warned that "all of these targets are hostages to U.S. air power" and that the U.S. could easily increase that power to a much higher level. For now, though, the bombing is likely...
...proposed constitution makes sense enough. To ease the tribal tensions that threaten to tear the country apart, he proposed dividing Nigeria's four regions into "no fewer than eight and no more than 14" separate states within a federation. Gowon also extended his ban on all civilian political activity, refused to withdraw Northern army units from the suspicious East and West, and made his only obeisance to Eastern feelings by promising a federal "rehabilitation program" to aid the 40,000 merchants and bureaucrats of the Eastern Ibo tribe who were driven out of the North by last fall...
...restrained and unvitriolic manner McCarthy discussed some of the moral issues involved in the war. He objected especially to the high ratio of civilian to military casualties in Vietnam. This is due partly to the new weapons we are using and partly to the new ways we are using old weapons, McCarthy said...
...Jannie." Kuntze volunteered that he had "contemplated matrimony" with Miss Suen, but maintained that the pleasure of her company was justified by her role as interpreter and "unofficial hostess." The defense intimated that Kuntze was being made a scapegoat by a "long arm in a civilian sleeve"-presumably the State Department-for the massive diversion of U.S. supplies into Saigon's black market...